CJ Group Requests Police Investigation into Leak of Female Employees’ Personal Information
Contact Information and Photos of Over 330 Female Employees Posted on Telegram Channel
Leak Includes Intranet Data, Raising Possibility of Insider Involvement
CJ Group has requested a police investigation in reference to the case of private info of lots of of feminine staff being leaked by way of Telegram. As it has been revealed that the leaked information included info accessible via the inner intranet, there may be rising suspicion that the breach could have originated from inside the firm.
On May 20, CJ Group said, “In relation to the employee personal information leak incident, we submitted a complaint to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency the previous day, citing a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.” However, it was decided that this incident doesn’t fall beneath the instances that require reporting to the Personal Information Protection Commission. Under present regulation, there may be an obligation to report back to the Personal Information Protection Commission in instances of sure large-scale information breaches or leaks of uniquely identifiable or delicate info. In this specific case, it has not but been confirmed whether or not such info was among the many leaked information.
Previously, on May 18, it was confirmed {that a} Telegram channel posted the cell phone numbers, job titles, inner telephone numbers, and images of round 330 feminine staff of CJ Group. The channel in query was created in 2023 and reportedly has about 2,800 members. Some of the leaked info was stated to be accessible from the corporate’s inner intranet. As a outcome, business specialists have recommended that the information leak is extra prone to have been attributable to an insider moderately than by exterior hacking.
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A CJ Group consultant said, “We plan to fully cooperate with the police investigation,” including, “We have individually notified the affected employees and are implementing measures to prevent secondary damage.”
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